In the age of “big data,” analytics can be applied to virtually every aspect of society. A growing number of international development organizations are seeking to harness the power of data for improved decision-making – to better understand what happened in the past, and predict what will happen in the future.

However, no organization becomes instantly adept at using data analytics to inform decision-making. How do you begin to build out your capabilities? How do you gain and sustain stakeholder buy-in? What kind of talent should you hire to harness the value from your data and how do you retain your talent? How can you engage with challenging data sources and scale up existing analytics efforts? How do gain momentum around analytics and enable a data (or analytics) driven culture?

These questions and more will the subject of discussion at “Building Data Science Capability in Your Organization,” a half-day event on January 15, 2016, hosted by Development Gateway and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Bringing together organizations that are active in the international development sphere and outside of it, we will hear about how some of these challenges were overcome via real-life case studies, and what tools are available to make the transition from square one to data-driven decisions.

Catered breakfast and lunch will be served. If you would like to attend this event, please fill out the form below.

Agenda

8:30-9:00 - Networking at Breakfast Buffet

9:00-9:15 - Welcome/Introduction

Jean-Louis Sarbib, CEO, Development Gateway
Christoph Wollersheim, Senior Lead Economist, Strategic Innovation Group, Booz Allen

9:15-9:35 - Accelerating Big Data Innovations at the World Bank

Adarsh Desai, Leader, Innovation Labs, World Bank Group
Trevor Monroe, Program Manager, Innovation Labs, World Bank Group

9:35-9:55 - Creating a 21st Century Environment Regulatory Agency using Data Science

Robin A. Thottungal, Chief Data Scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency

9:55-10:15 - Metrics of Evaluation of Social Impact Programs

Sarah L. Colamarino, Vice President of Global Corporate Equity and Partnerships, Johnson and Johnson
Michael J. Bzdak, Executive Director of Corporate Contributions, Johnson and Johnson

10:15-10:30 - Networking at Coffee Buffet

10:30-11:15 - Setting Up Effective Organizations

Ezmeralda Khalil, Principal, Strategic Innovation Group, Booz Allen

11:15-11:45 - Seven Features of a World-Class Data Science Team

Mark Gerner, Chief Economist, Strategic Innovation Group, Booz Allen

11:45-12:00 - Networking at Lunch Buffet

12:00-12:45 - Working Lunch/Demo

Premise - Karthik Ramachandran
MONITOR GIS - Paige Kirby
Sailfish - Catherine Ordun

12:45-1:30 - Using Data Science to Understand and Improve Development Results

Danny Walker, Data Analyst, Development Gateway

Building Data Science Capability in Your Organization

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